NORTH BERWICK, Scotland — For the first time in nearly four full years, Scottie Scheffler won’t be around for the weekend.
Scheffler missed two key putts in his final three holes during Friday’s second round at the Scottish Open, the last one from six feet for par that gave him a 2-over 72 to miss the 36-hole cut by two shots.
“Got off to a poor start, and after that, I didn’t really it close enough to give myself a bunch of looks. That’s how you shoot over par,” said the 30-year-old Texan, who has been No. 1 in the Official World Golf Ranking for more than three years running.
Instead of trying to make up ground on the weekend at the Renaissance Club in a tournament co-sanctioned by the PGA Tour and the Europe-based DP World Tour, Scheffler was making plans to head to Royal Birkdale earlier than he expected to prepare for the British Open. He is the reigning champion at what will be the year’s final major tournament.
Scheffler had made 78 consecutive cuts dating to the FedEx St. Jude Championship in August 2022. It was the longest streak on the PGA Tour since Tiger Woods set the record of 142 cuts in a row from February 1998 to May 2005.